When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.
Cast
Crew
Zaven Najjar
Director, Screenplay, Graphic Designer
Karine Winczura
Screenplay
Ahmadou Kourouma
Novel
Isabelle Manquillet
Editor
Hugo Niati
Assistant Editor
Benjamin Dontaine
Colorist
Sébastien Onomo
Producer
Adrien Chef
Co-Producer
Annemie Degryse
Co-Producer
Anne-Laure Guégan
Co-Producer
Eric Idriss Kanago
Co-Producer
Daniela Mujica
Co-Producer
Géraldine Sprimont
Co-Producer
Paul Thiltges
Co-Producer
Pierre Vedovato
Sound Designer
Nicolas Tran-Trong
Sound Editor
Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher
Sound Engineer
Vincent Gregorio
Foley Artist
David Gillain
Foley Recordist
Thibault Kienz Agyeman
Original Music Composer
Angelo Dos Santos
Dialogue Editor
Marion Boffelli
Development Manager